Friday, September 2, 2016

This

Deep in my memory I recall a kid, a really horrible obnoxious kid from my years at Catholic school during the disgraceful era of Pope Paul VI. He was never up to anything but trouble. I remember him whenever I come across this picture of young Pope Francis.

At this point, it would be obvious to any reasonable, normal, thinking person, regardless of his faith or lack of it, that the Catholic Church no longer really exists in a physical sense. Very few people understand that there is a living ‘Church Militant’, albeit now basically underground. They just see bishops, priests and men like Francis, an entirely thoughtless ass and a wrecker. They know that there were no men among our faithful to prevent him, and now our Church is as dead as the others.

Who in the world would want to join the Church of Francis now, a Church who’s very leader is a loud, lying hypocrite; a messianic propagandist for the monster state, a friend of ISIS? They’d have to be a very strange person indeed, or they’d have to be paid.

One of the worst things imaginable appears to be coming true.

The Catholic Church no longer really exists in a physical sense.

And the Pharisees are still getting paid by the click.

Note that the point is qualified by referencing the "underground church." And there is of course historical precedent for that. That doesn't make it alright.

Frank took his title from a post at Weasel Zippers, where "stop" wasn't the title but the entire text.

There's another word of equal length to denote just where Bergoglio can go.

Oakes, what the heck, I see this too and every day for months now throw myself upon my laptop each evening believing, I guess, in my heart of hearts that one day the news will be that someone of import has stopped the bleed in it's tracks, but, that day never happens. It's not coming, is it.I loved the Catholic church, but only the underground church is alive in my heart, this NewChurch is dead to me. The canonization of Mother Teresa just seems another convenient propaganda effort, to be used as an example of "loving the poor" and of course merrzee. I hate that word now. I listen to Catholic radio now and then and at this point it feels like a party is going on in the house we use to live in, as if we went away for vacation and an invading horde came in and are living it up and nobody cares. Problem? What problem. Hope and global change!

The bright side is, the more ridiculous Jorge Bergoglio becomes, the more irrelevant he becomes to anyone with discernment. We should talk about "discernment of spirits" more often now. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit, a charism. I believe we are seeing those who have received this gift recoiling at the spirit that animates Pope Francis - the Spiritus Mundi.

Maybe. But part of Frank's point is that it's not just Bergoglio. Bergoglio didn't kill (or almost kill) the physical Church. he's just giving it the coup de grace. Bergoglio is there because of the silent apostasy or at least cowardice of most of the rest of the Church. And who will come after? Even now after not even four years, most cardinals will have been appointed by him.

One more thing: Just as Christ once hurled a whip to chase the money-changers out of the Temple, let us all pray that once again, the Lord will use, not a little whip but a gigantic over-sized whip to throw the current vermin out of His Church!